The Return of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife by Zara Gibbon

Chapter 283

Joanna heard the voice and instinctively turned around. “What’s wrong?”

Carmel pulled a long face and stared at Joanna fiercely. “Ms. Haynes, I want to talk to you privately!”

“About what?” Joanna was puzzled.

“I want to ask you why you’re still entangled with Mr. Grimm when you clearly have a relationship with Mr. Everett?”

Joanna fell silent and looked at Carmel in confusion.

“Hmph! Haven’t you done enough harm to Mr. Grimm? How much more do you want to harm him?”

Joanna was even more stunned after hearing this.

Carmel glared at Joanna with anger and said bluntly, “Mr. Grimm’s company is in trouble because of you!

“Otherwise, Starlight Media would not have such a bad reputation and hit rock bottom!

“It’s all because of you, you and your ex-husband!”

Joanna’s eyes darkened as she listened.

Indeed, Jaydon’s company had reached this point of chaos, and Bruce had played a significant role in it.

Starlight Media had been sabotaged by Bruce behind the scenes, which pushed the entertainment company to the

brink of bankruptcy.

Although Jaydon was from a wealthy family, losing this amount of money was simply nothing, Starlight Media was

still a business he built, and now it was destroyed by Bruce.

It was definitely infuriating!

Carmel continued without stopping. “Also, the reason why Mr. Grimm got into a car accident was to rush to see

you!”

When Joanna heard this, she found it even hard to believe.

“I don’t care who you love. If you want Mr. Grimm to be well, please stay away from him!

“A woman like you is not worthy of Mr. Grimm!” Carmel angrily scolded without reservation.

Joanna took a deep breath and looked at Carmel calmly. “Miss Basil, I think you have misunderstood.

“Jay and I are good friends. It’s not what you think!”

Carmel sneered. “Huh, no need to explain. I’m not a fool.

“We are all sophisticated adults. How could I not understand what you are planning about? You just want to make

use of Mr. Grimm!

“Please stay away from him and stop bothering him!”

Carmel came from a less privileged background and had to work hard to make a living at a young age.

In her eyes, men were more like resources to be utilized, a stepping stone to climb the social ladder.

The more benefits she could gain from a man, the more it proved that he loved her.

Based on her own experiences and mindset, she naturally assumed that Joanna had the same thoughts and

intentions. She believed that Joanna was merely using Jaydon to gain more advantages.

Of course, Carmel truly loved Jaydon and fantasized about becoming his official girlfriend.

Joanna remained silent and shrugged her shoulders. “Fine, I understand what you mean. But I’m sorry, I don’t need

to explain my relationship with Jay to anyone.

“I can’t accept your request.”

Carmel became even angrier after hearing Joanna’s reply. “Joanna, are you insisting on sticking to Mr. Grimm?”

“It’s not that I’m insisting on sticking to Jay. Jay and I are good friends! I won’t lose my good friend because of

anyone or ignore their well-being!”

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“Joanna, what you’re doing is unethical…”

“I don’t want to say much to you right now, so please step aside!”

Joanna finished speaking and did not bother saying anything more to Carmel. She walked away directly.

Watching Joanna’s departing figure, Carmel felt irritated. “Hmph, Joanna, don’t get too smug at the moment! One

day, I will make Mr. Grimm fall in love with me completely!”

Joanna left the hospital, feeling a sense of unease in her heart.

She had never considered being with Jaydon!

However, outsiders always assumed that there was a romantic relationship between them, which was not the case.

Carmel had also treated her as an imaginary rival in love!

After returning to Greyport, Joanna checked the time and realized tomorrow was Sunday.

It was also the day she had agreed with Bruce to see the children.

Although she was busy with work, she still wanted to meet her children.

Ring, ring, ring!

Bruce’s phone rang.

I

He was sitting in a chair, smoking one cigarette after another.

It had been a whole week, and he thought that Joanna would show some weakness and seek reconciliation with

him…

But to his surprise, a whole week had passed, and Joanna had not even called him once.

Now that he saw Joanna’s call, Bruce’s heart suddenly raced with excitement.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“… Bruce, tomorrow is Sunday! I want to bring the children back to stay for a day.”

Upon hearing this, Bruce’s heart sank, his face turning grim.

Joanna had not contacted him the entire week, and now that she finally did, it turned out she just wanted to see the

children!

“Hey, are you listening?

“Didn’t we agree to let me see the children once a week?”

Bruce replied coldly, “I didn’t say I disagree, did I?”

“Fine, how do we arrange it for tomorrow? Should I pick up the children, or will you send someone to bring them

over?”

Bruce choked his words when he heard Joanna.

“Tomorrow morning at 10:00, I will have someone send the children to the entrance of Century Plaza.

“You can only see the children under the surveillance of bodyguards, and the time will be limited to one hour.”

Upon hearing this, Joanna’s heart ached with anger. “Bruce, can’t you be less domineering?

“I only get to see the children once a week, and now you want to have them monitored and restrict the time to only

one hour. I don’t agree. You can’t do this…”

I want to see them, it will be on my terms. If you

Bruce let out a cold sneer and said without a doubt, “Don’t bargain with me. If you don’t agree, then don’t bother

seeing them at all!”

Joanna was furious. “Fine! I’ll wait at Century Plaza tomorrow!”

“Then it’s settled,” said Bruce coldly and hung up the phone directly.

After ending the call, Bruce threw his phone heavily on the table, and his eyes were slightly red with anger.

This d amn woman really did not care about his feelings at all!

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This made him feel a huge sense of loss! He could be angry, but Joanna should not ignore his feelings.

He could be cold towards her, but she should not refuse to reconcile with him. Unfortunately, Joanna showed no

intention of giving in to his demands.

The next day, at 10:00 in the morning.

Joanna was waiting at Century Plaza as agreed.

Twenty minutes later, a Mercedes-Benz business car arrived.

Four bodyguards got out of the car, followed by the nanny carrying Davian and Irvin.

Upon seeing the children, Joanna’s eyes instantly blurred. “Davian, Irvin, Lilia!”

The two little ones ran over to Joanna happily. “Mommy, we missed you so much!”

“Mommy missed you guys too!”

Joanna crouched down and embraced Davian and Irvin, feeling a surge of emotion that almost brought tears to her

eyes.

However, in front of the children, she usually controlled herself and refrained from crying in their presence.

“Mommy, why haven’t you come back? We missed you so much!”

“Mommy missed you too. From now on, Mommy will come to see you every week!”

Irvin asked timidly, “Mommy, do you really not want us anymore?”

“Silly boy, why wouldn’t Mommy want you? Mommy can give up anything, but not you…”

Joanna’s nose tingled with sourness, and tears welled up in her eyes.

These were her three children, her flesh and blood.

How could she not love them? But now, their custody had been taken away from her.

She could only watch helplessly as her children were taken away from her side. That was why she had to work even

harder, earn enough money to rival Bruce and reclaim custody of her children.

With her current strength, she could not possibly earn the right to raise her children.

“Lilia, how is it going for you and Daddy in Gaprington?”

The nanny replied, “The doctor in Gaprington said that Miss Lilia’s condition can be treated. However, her physical

condition is too weak, so corrective surgery can only be performed after she turns five.”

“Is that so? That’s really good news!”

Joanna hugged her daughter in excitement, unable to hold back tears of joy. She wanted to kiss her daughter’s little

face, but there were too many germs outside, so she refrained from doing so.

She just gave Lilia a hug.

“Mommy, are you having a conflict with Daddy?” Lilia looked at Joanna with a pitiful expression.

Joanna was taken aback, unsure of how to explain.

“Mommy, can you please not have conflicts with Daddy?”

How could Joanna ever want to have a falling out with Bruce?

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

“Mommy, can you reconcile with Daddy first? Daddy loves Mommy!”

Should she take the initiative to reconcile with Bruce?

Or should she just forget it? She would rather completely cut ties with Bruce